"tambourines, accordions and small guitars (""cavaquinho""). Apart Portuguese folk music other renowned genre is Fado, a melancholic urban music originated in Lisbon in the 19th century, probably inside bohemian environments, usually associated with the Portuguese guitar and ""saudade"", or longing. Coimbra fado, a unique type of ""troubadour serenading"" fado, is also noteworthy. Internationally notable performers include Amália Rodrigues, Carlos Paredes, José Afonso, Mariza, Carlos do Carmo, António Chainho, Mísia, Dulce Pontes and Madredeus. In the classical music domain, Portugal is represented by names as the pianists Artur Pizarro, Maria João Pires, Sequeira Costa, the violinists Carlos Damas, Gerardo Ribeiro and"
"term ""fadista"". Fado appeared during the early 19th century in Lisbon, and is believed to have its origins in the port districts such as Alfama, Mouraria and Bairro Alto. There are numerous theories about the origin of fado. Some trace its origins or influences to the Medieval ""cantigas de amigo"" (friends songs) and some ancient Moorish influence, but none is conclusive. It possibly evolved and formed, from a mixture of several older musical genres. Fado performers in the middle of the 19th century were mainly from urban working-class namely sailors, bohemians, courtesans, who not only sang, but also danced and"
"Fado performers play at local venues throughout Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts. The Azores is the major heritage of many Portuguese-Americans. In Rhode Island, most Portuguese traditional music is played by Azorean people. Azoreans maintain some distinct musical traditions, such as the traditionally fiddle-driven chamarrita dance. This dance and music is played mainly at weddings and Church festivals. Azorean-Portuguese sensation Jorge Ferreira is a popular musician throughout New England, singing at many festivals and events. Of special importance is the music of the large Cape Verdean population. Though Cape Verdean music is largely unknown outside of the expatriate community, Rhode"
"organists such as António Carreira and Manuel Rodrigues Coelho; singers Luísa Todi, Elisabete Matos and José Carlos Xavier; pianists Maria João Pires and Sequeira Costa; violinists Elmar Oliveira and Carlos Damas; and cellists such as Guilhermina Suggia. Fado (""fate"" in Portuguese) is a musical style, which arose in Lisbon as the music of the urban poor. Fado songs are typically lyrically harsh, accompanied by a wire-strung acoustic guitar or the Portuguese Guitar. It is usually sung by solo performers, with the singer resigned to sadness, poverty and loneliness, but remaining dignified and firmly controlled. In 2011, Fado was inscribed on"
"Famo Famo is a type of music from Lesotho in Africa consisting of singing accompanied by the accordion, a drum and occasionally a bass. It originated in the drinking dens of migrant workers from Lesotho trying to relax after working in the mines in the 1920s but is now a popular form of music for Sesotho speakers. As a very popular form of music in Lesotho, ""famo"" consists of male or female singing and ululations. Instrumental support comes from an accordion, a drum and a bass. Songs often refer to urban life, and female singers can use their singing to"
"authors; for example: ""Lágrimas de Saudade"" (""tears of saudade""), which is an anonymous work from the ""Cancioneiro de Paris"". Fado is a Portuguese music style, generally sung by a single person (the ""fadista"") along with a Portuguese guitar. The most popular themes of fado are ""saudade"", nostalgia, jealousy, and short stories of the typical city quarters. Fado and ""saudade"" are intertwined key ideas in Portuguese culture. The word fado comes from Latin ""fatum"" meaning ""fate"" or ""destiny"". Fado is a musical cultural expression and recognition of this unassailable determinism which compels the resigned yearning of ""saudade"", a bitter-sweet, existential yearning"
"Lisbon style is the most popular, while Coimbra's is the more refined style. Modern fado is popular in Portugal, and has produced many renowned musicians. According to tradition, to applaud fado in Lisbon you clap your hands, in Coimbra you cough as if clearing your throat. Mainstream fado performances during the 20th century included only a singer, a Portuguese guitar player and a classical guitar player but more recent settings range from singer and string quartet to full orchestra. The ingredients of Fado are a shawl, a guitar, a voice and heartfelt emotion. Themes include: destiny, deep-seated feelings, disappointments in"
"Barbados, St. Lucia and Dominica. It originated in West Africa, and later evolved into calypso music. Kaiso music has its origins in West Africa (particularly in present-day Nigeria) and was brought over by the slaves who (in the early history of the art form) used it to sing about their masters. The people would also gather in ""kaiso"" tents where a griot or lead singer would lead them in song. Many early kaisos were sung in French Creole by a ""chantwell"". Kaiso songs are generally narrative in form and often have a cleverly concealed political subtext. After Emancipation of slavery,"
"Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. It is claimed that fado origins are older, going back to the 15th century, when women cried with longing for their husbands that sailed to the never ending seas. In Late in the 19th century, the city of Coimbra developed a distinctive scene. Coimbra, a literary capital for the country, is now known for being more refined and majestic. The sound has been described as ""the song of those who retain and cherish their illusions, not of those who have irretrievably lost them"" by Rodney Gallop in 1936. A"
"Kaiso Kaiso is a type of music popular in Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries, especially of the Caribbean, such as Grenada, Belize, Barbados, St. Lucia and Dominica, which originated in West Africa, and later evolved into calypso music. Kaiso music has its origins in West Africa (particularly in present-day Nigeria) and in the Kingdom of Kongo and was brought over by the slaves who (in the early history of the art form) used it to sing about their masters. The people would also gather in ""kaiso"" tents where a griot or lead singer would lead them in song. Many"
"Mando (music) Mando or Manddo (Konkani ""mānḍô"") is a musical form that evolved during the 19th and 20th century among Goan Catholics of Goa, India. It represents the meeting point of Indian and western musical traditions. The music has elements of both Indian and western culture. The males wear formal coats, showing Portuguese influence, while females wear a unique Indian costume (bazu torop or pano baju). The ceremonial torhop-baz worn during the mando dance was of velvet or silk, red, blue or green in colour, embroidered with gold (rarely with silver) threads. A white or blue shawl was worn. The"
"""famo"" music, having performed in various functions and he is currently regarded as the most selling artist in the Famo music</ref> and Morija Arts & Cultural Festival. In 2006 Chakela was awarded a South African Traditional Music Award for best musician in the ""famo"" music category. Famo Famo is a type of music from Lesotho in Africa consisting of singing accompanied by the accordion, a drum and occasionally a bass. It originated in the drinking dens of migrant workers from Lesotho trying to relax after working in the mines in the 1920s but is now a popular form of music"
"Sage Francis, Monty Are I, Draco and the Malfoys and Billy Gillman. The pop music producer and songwriter Dr. Luke was born in Westerly. Due to the large population of Portuguese immigrants in Southern New England, Portuguese traditional music is played in small communities. Usually Roman Catholic churches are the center of the communities activities, where music is played. Fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a characteristic sentiment of resignation, fatefulness and melancholia (loosely captured by the word saudade, or ""longing"")."
"Fados (film) Using Lisbon as its iconic backdrop, the film explores the intricate relationship between the music and the city, and Fado's evolution over the years from its African and Brazilian origins up to the new wave of modern Fadistas. Under the musical supervision of Carlos do Carmo, ""Fados"" completed Saura's musical trilogy form with ""Flamenco"" (1995) and ""Tango"" (1998). Saura deploys mirrors, back projections, lighting effects, and lush colors to frame each song. Fados contains homages to Maria Severa, Alfredo Marceneiro, and Amália Rodrigues, as well as turns by modern stars like Mariza and Camané. Saura expands the songs"
"beat the fado. During the second half of the 19th century, the dance rhythms would eventually fade away, and the performers became merely singers (fadistas). The 19th century's most renowned fadista was Maria Severa. More recently Amália Rodrigues, known as the ""Rainha do Fado"" (""Queen of Fado"") was most influential in popularizing fado worldwide. Fado performances today may be accompanied by a string quartet or a full orchestra. Fado typically employs the Dorian mode, Ionian mode (natural major), sometimes switching between the two during a melody or verse change. The Phrygian mode (common in Middle-Eastern and Flamenco music), is not"
"Tobago. Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-20th century and spread to the rest of Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century. Soca is a dance music which is a mix of Trinidad's calypso and Indian music and rhythms, especially chutney music. It combines the melodic lilting sound of calypso with insistent kadans percussion, and Indian musical instruments—particularly the dholak, tabla and dhantal—as demonstrated in"
"he accompanied the Academic Choir of Coimbra to the United States, where he sang in New York City (at Lincoln Center), Boston, Chicago and Atlanta. In addition, his tour allowed him to participate on an American television program on NBC. He became an author of various celebrated fados, that include """"Balada da Despedida"""". Fernando Machado Soares Fernando Machado Soares (3 September 1930, in São Roque do Pico – 7 December 2014), was a Portuguese fado singer, poet, composer, jurist and retired judge. He was born in the municipality of São Roque, on the island of Pico, the archipelago of the"
"fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s, but possibly with much earlier origins. It is characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor. The music is usually linked to the Portuguese word ""saudade"", a unique word with no accurate translation in any other language. (Home-sickness has an approximate meaning. It is a kind of longing, and conveys a complex mixture of mainly nostalgia, but also sadness, pain, happiness and love). There are two main varieties of fado, namely those of the cities of Lisbon and Coimbra. The"
"LL.M (Master's in Law) degree. She started singing as a hobby, and has been a professional singer since about 1999. Her mother is Roman Catholic and her father, Hindu. Shirsat is one of the few from India, if not the only one, to excel in the Fado, a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal or earlier. She credits Portuguese guitarist Antonio Chainho, who was offering guitar training in Goa some years ago. At the end of the workshop, there was a search for someone to sing the Fado. Shirsat's voice was found to have ""fitted"
"of the típica were over. Mambo is a musical form and dance style that developed originally in Cuba, with further significant developments by Cuban musicians in Mexico and the USA. The word ""mambo"" means ""conversation with the gods"" in Kikongo, the language spoken by Kongo slaves taken to Cuba. Modern mambo began with a song called ""Mambo"" written in 1938 by brothers Orestes and Cachao López. The song was a danzón, a dance form descended from European social dances like the English country dance, French contredanse, and Spanish contradanza. It was backed by rhythms derived from African folk music. The"
"Tango music Tango is a style of music in or time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the ""Rioplatenses""). It is traditionally played on a solo guitar, guitar duo, or an ensemble, known as the ""orquesta típica"", which includes at least two violins, flute, piano, double bass, and at least two bandoneóns. Sometimes guitars and a clarinet join the ensemble. Tango may be purely instrumental or may include a vocalist. Tango music and dance have become popular throughout the world. Even though present forms developed in Argentina and Uruguay from the mid 19th century, there"
"Cajun fiddle Cajun fiddle music is a part of the American fiddle music canon. It is derived from the music of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, as well as sharing repertoire from the Quebec and Cape Breton Island traditions. It is one of the few extant North American folk music traditions rooted in French chanson. According to Ron Yule, ""Louisiana fiddling had its birth roots in Europe, with fiddling being noted as early as the 1400s in Scotland"". Zydeco music is a geographically, culturally, and musically related style. Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads"
"Kaiso even without modification. This rhythm can also be heard in Calypso and Soca. Kaiso Kaiso is a type of music popular in Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries, especially of the Caribbean, such as Grenada, Belize, Barbados, St. Lucia and Dominica, which originated in West Africa, and later evolved into calypso music. Kaiso music has its origins in West Africa (particularly in present-day Nigeria) and in the Kingdom of Kongo and was brought over by the slaves who (in the early history of the art form) used it to sing about their masters. The people would also gather in"
"This connection to the music of a historic Portuguese urban and maritime proletariat (sailors, dock workers, port traders and other working-class people in general) can also be found in Brazilian ""modinha"" and Indonesian ""kroncong"", although all these music genres subsequently developed their own independent traditions. Famous singers of fado include Amália Rodrigues, Dulce Pontes, Carlos do Carmo, Mariza, Mafalda Arnauth, António Zambujo, Ana Moura, Camané, Helder Moutinho, Carminho, Mísia, Cristina Branco, Gisela João and Katia Guerreiro. On 27 November 2011, fado was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. It is one of two Portuguese music traditions part of"
"love, the sense of sadness and longing for someone who has gone away, misfortune, the ups and downs of life, the sea, the life of sailors and fishermen, and last but not least ""Saudade"" (one of the main themes used in fado, that means a kind of longing). Fado is probably the oldest urban folk music in the world and represents the heart of the Portuguese soul, and for that matter fado performance is not successful if an audience is not moved to tears. Portugal has been an important centre of practice and production of music over the centuries, as"
"Fernando Machado Soares Fernando Machado Soares (3 September 1930, in São Roque do Pico – 7 December 2014), was a Portuguese fado singer, poet, composer, jurist and retired judge. He was born in the municipality of São Roque, on the island of Pico, the archipelago of the Azores, descendent of the last ""Captain-mor"" of Lajes do Pico. He received his formal education at the Faculty of Law, at the University of Coimbra in the 1950s. He participated in the film """"Rapsódia Portuguesa"""". After completing his university education he suspended his artistic pursuits, and concentrated on a career in law. However"
"Byzantine church music coming from the eastern Mediterranean; Moorish music from North Africa and Arabia; and especially a particular folk music of India and its distinctive rhythms brought by the Gitanos whose arrival in Spain dated back over five hundred years. These acculturated more or less with native Spanish music to yield ""el cante jondo""., For nearly a century European classical composers had been drawing on the rich heritage of the music of Spain, with flamenco being a favored source. The interest and attention given flamenco by the international music world contrasted unfavorably with what Falla saw as the contemporary"
"Music of Goa Music of Goa refers to music from the state of Goa, on the west coast of India. A wide variety of music genres are used in Goa ranging from Western art music to Indian classical music. Konkani music is also popular across this tiny state. Being a former territory of Portugal, Goa has a dominant western musical scene with the use of instrument such as the violin, drums, guitar, trumpet and piano. It has also produced a number of prominent musicians and singers for the world of Indian music. Portuguese Fado also has significance in Goa. Lorna"
"a traditional feature of this genre. A particular stylistic trait of fado is the use of rubato, where the music pauses at the end of a phrase and the singer holds the note for dramatic effect. The music uses double time rhythm and triple time (waltz style). There are two main varieties of fado, namely those of the cities of Lisbon and Coimbra. The Lisbon style is more well known - alongside the status of Amália Rodrigues, while that of Coimbra is traditionally linked to the city's University and its style is linked to the medieval serenading troubadours. Modern fado"
"the ninth century CE but later subordinated to Mali until its decline. In 1340 the Songhai people made Gao the capital of a new Songhai Empire. The music of Cape Verde has long been influenced by Europe, Instrumentation includes the accordion (""gaita""), the bowed ""rabeca"", the ""violão"" guitar and the ""viola"" twelve string guitar as well as ""cavaquinho"", ""cimboa"" and ""ferrinho"". Styles include ""batuque, coladera, funaná, morna"" and ""tabanca"". The central region of African music is defined by the tropical rain-forests at the heart of the continent. However Chad, the northernmost state, has a considerable subtropical and desert northern region."
"fado (lit. fate), a usually dark and somber form of Portuguese music, they do not play it, at least not traditionally. Traditional fado faded during Portugal’s dictatorship in the 20th century, but it has made a comeback, by a generation that grew up on Pearl Jam and Nirvana, but who also rediscovered the recordings of their grandparents’ generation. This rediscovery, created a new wave of fado, sometimes called neofado, which includes artists such as Mariza, Dulce Pontes and Ana Moura, who respect the classics (e.g. the work of Amália Rodrigues), but have created their own versions, generally fusing other musical"
"(which traditionally involve just a singer and a guitarist) with dance and encompasses other nationalities of Portugal’s former colonies and idioms (such as hip hop, flamenco and reggae). The soundtrack for the film includes several songs that were included in the film: Fados (film) Using Lisbon as its iconic backdrop, the film explores the intricate relationship between the music and the city, and Fado's evolution over the years from its African and Brazilian origins up to the new wave of modern Fadistas. Under the musical supervision of Carlos do Carmo, ""Fados"" completed Saura's musical trilogy form with ""Flamenco"" (1995) and"
"and of itself, as by Dwight Yoakam. Cajun fiddle Cajun fiddle music is a part of the American fiddle music canon. It is derived from the music of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, as well as sharing repertoire from the Quebec and Cape Breton Island traditions. It is one of the few extant North American folk music traditions rooted in French chanson. According to Ron Yule, ""Louisiana fiddling had its birth roots in Europe, with fiddling being noted as early as the 1400s in Scotland"". Zydeco music is a geographically, culturally, and musically related style. Cajun music, an emblematic music"